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Sally,

There are a couple of options for automation, a particularly good one
in Dru Lavigne's book BSD Hacks
(http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/bsdhks/).

Short of that, check out this post:

http://www.bsdforums.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=26801

If you have questions about putting that into a script just ask.

-wtgee


On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 13:15:46 -0800, Sally Hines <shines@smaller.net> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've been subscribing to this list for over 3 years. I initially subscribed
> to the -questions list also, but I couldn't handle the volume, and also
> couldn't interpret the language used there. I need to learn in a language
> that I know, or at least get an interpreter for the manpage-ese that's used
> in replies to questions on that list.
> 
> I ask a simple question, how do I automate ports update? I get "read the
> manpages" or quoting from the manpages which is written in a language
> foreign to me, but masquerades as English. Where can I get at least a good,
> simple glossary for the terms used in the manpages and on the questions
> list?
> 
> I asked questions here, and got yelled at, at great length. I have not
> posted to this list for over a year because of that.
> 
> Sally Hines
> With a broken FreeBSD box
> 
>